Director
Nanni Loy
Born October 23, 1925 in Cagliari, ItalyDied August 21, 199522 films
Nanni Loy (born Giovanni Loi; 23 October 1925 – 21 August 1995) was an Italian film, theatre and TV director. Specifically, Nanni Loy was Sardinian, and one of several notable Sardinian film makers, including Franco Solinas.
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Loy was born in Cagliari, Sardinia: his father was Guglielmo Loy-Donà, a lawyer issue from a distinguished Sardinian-Venetian family, and his mother was the noblewoman Donna Anna Sanjust of the Marquesses of Neoneli. Rosetta Loy, an Italian novelist, is his sister-in-law.
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22 films as director- 1995Rome, November 12, 1994Director
- 1993Package, Double Package and CounterpackageDirector
- 1990Gioco di societàDirector
- 1989ScugnizziDirector
- 1985My Friends Act IIIDirector
- 1984Where's Picone?Director
- 1984SabatoventiquattromarzoDirector
- 1982Heads I Win, Tails You LoseDirector
- 1980Café ExpressDirector
- 1976Strange OccasionDirector
- 1976Keep It To Yourself!Director
- 1976Goodnight, Ladies and GentlemenDirector
- 1974I'll Fix America and Be Right BackDirector
- 1971WhyDirector
- 1970Operation SnafuDirector
- 1967The Head of the FamilyDirector
- 1965Made in ItalyDirector
- 1962The Four Days of NaplesDirector
- 1961A Day for LionheartsDirector
- 1959Fiasco in MilanDirector
- 1958Il maritoDirector
- 1957Parola di ladroDirector